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NATURE+ Initiative to provide policymakers with tools needed to incentivize nature-positive agriculture
Authors: Kristin Davis (International Food Policy Research Institute – IFPRI), Sean Mattson (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI), Rui Benfica (IFPRI), Elizabeth Bryan (IFPRI), Vinh Bui Academy for Green Growth), Salome Bukachi (Passion AFrica), Eleonora De Falcis (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Simon Kimenju (Kula Vyema Centre of Food Economics (KVC)), Wilfred Omondi (KVC), Balentine Oingo (Passion Africa), Abison Paul (Athena Infonomics) Industrial agriculture
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Senegal – eighth country to join the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology
CIRAD, the French agricultural research and cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions and ISRA, the Senegalese institute for agricultural research, will be implementing activities to contribute to the scaling of agroecological transitions that are already well underway in Senegal. It is the eights country to join the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology which operates already
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The Agroecology Initiative Annual Report 2022 at a Glance
In our latest newsletter, we invite you to read the 2022 Annual Technical Report of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology and discover significant progress on its research for impact in eight countries. The Agroecology Initiative is now in its second year. Since the pre-consultation and Initiative design process in 2020 and 2021 and its effective initiation in 2022, it has
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In Northwest Tunisia, the co-creation of agroecological innovations and capacity building in soil conservation are leading to improved agricultural systems
Authors of this blog: Zied Idoudi, Aymen Frija, Véronique Alary, Mourad Rekik (ICRADA) Soil is the foundation of all successful and resilient agri-food systems. But current agricultural practices are not always oriented towards preserving and improving this important resource. In the dry vulnerable area of Kef-Siliana in Northwest Tunisia where the prevailing agriculture is dominated by cereals (barley, wheat, oat),
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Peruvian producers are banking on cacao with the aroma of sustainability
Author of this blog post: Elizabeth Ramirez (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) The Ucayali region has been one of the most affected by deforestation. According to a report by the Geobosques portal, 47,267 hectares of forest were lost in 2020, affecting more than 20,000 cacao producers in the region. To address this situation, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has been working
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Turkana, Kenya: Reaping Immense Benefits of Vegetables Production
Research by CGIAR’s Nature+ Initiative in arid and semi-arid Kenyan nomadic communities showed declines in nutrition driven by climate change and drought. But pastoralist communities that grew vegetables had better diets than those that didn’t. By CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions Authors: Dr. Céline Termote and Rachel Kibui, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Kenya’s Turkana County is one of
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Shinier cows, more and better milk, income increase: First results of co-designing silage technology with a women farmer group in Tunisia
Author of this blog: Udo Rudiger, Agricultural Innovation Specialist, ICARDA – Tunisia Small-scale livestock farmers in Central Tunisia are suffering from scarcity of feed resources and increasing feed prices. Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, prices for feed concentrates have significantly increased from about 350 $ / ton to almost 500 $ / ton. In addition, the extreme drought